1. Automating SharePoint 2010 administration tasks with Power Shell Toni Frankola SharePoint MVP, Croatia Toni.frankola@acceleratio.hr http://sharepointusecases.com @ToniFrankola

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3. Contents Why automation? Automation via PowerShell Hello world Basic SharePoint PS Advanced PS Magic and scripts

4. The problem A SharePoint farm:

5. The problem (2) – SharePoint structure Farm Web Applications – Site Collections – Sites – Lists –... Service Applications – Search – User profile –... Setings, Setings, Setings, Setings, Setings, Setings, Setings, Setings, Setings, Setings, Setings, Setings, Setings, Setings, Setings, Setings, Setings, Setings, Setings, Setings, Setings, Setings, Setings, Setings, Setings, Setings, Setings, Setings, Setings, Setings

6. In 2007 Stsadm Automation

7. stsadm Limited – Not that many cmdlets available – Script language extending? – Gary Lapointe Gary Lapointe – Codeplex Some tasks only via stsadm Only for SharePoint (SQL? AD?)

8. Enters PowerShell New automation language Mixture of script and.NET 600+ cmdlets for SharePoint alone Target audience? DEV / IT Pro? Not limited to SharePoint – AD – SQL – IIS – Exchange, Lync…

9. Why PowerShell? Saves time & money – Repeatable tasks E.g. Deploying SharePoint for customers – Eliminates mistakes (loopback check, PDF iFilter) Tasks with no GUI – E.g. multi-tenant administration Go beyond original programming – User profiles magic

10. Basic cmdlets Get-Command Get-Help Get-SPSite Write-Host „Hello World!”

11. Pipeline Get-SPSite| Get-SPWeb| Get-SPList* * Get-SPList is a custom function

12. BASIC SHAREPOINT MAGIC DEMO

13. The tools SharePoint 2010 Management Shell – PS & stsadm & SP stuff PS Script Editor Quest PowerGUI – THE tool Debugging, Formatting, Intellisense – FREE – Download now! Download now! !!!

14. Output ScreenGridCSVHTMLXML.NET

15. PS: HELLO WORLD, POWERGUI, OUTPUT, FUNCTIONS DEMO

16. Use case: SP Installation Produces a „clean”, controllable install Repeatable Ideal for Testing, QA, Dev

17. Use case: SP Installation (2) „Simple” scripts – SP 2010 Unleashed install http://tinyurl.com/SPFarm-Config http://tinyurl.com/SPFarm-Config – Installs farm and most service apps Advanced: AutoSPInstallerAutoSPInstaller – Completly automated – Installs SP and farm

18. FARM INSTALLATION DEMO

19. Eliminate repetetive tasks How many times have you done this? – Disabled loopback check? – Configured PDF: Icon, iFilter, Crawl How many times you made mistakes Solution: Automate PDF configuration for SharePoint 2010 via PowerShellAutomate PDF configuration for SharePoint 2010 via PowerShell – Check autoSPinstall for more details

20. CONFIGURING PDF STUFF DEMO

21. Use case: Hej SharePoint! Apply language settings to all sites in a site collection Apply language settings to all sites in a site collection DK SE EN

22. MULTILINGUAL SITES DEMO

23. SOLUTION INSTALLATION SITE WARM-UP Demo

24. Use profiles story OOTB: Cannot map all the properties (binary, manager) PowerShell – More flexible – Automate via scheduled tasks User Profile SA File Share (pics) HR LOB (properties) SharePoint

25. USER PROFILES Demo

26. Automate site provisioning Much easier to control Automate completly Configure additional properties (theme?, template,....) PortalABCC1C2C3C31C32C321C322C3221C33D

27. SITE PROVISIONING DEMO

28. Extending PowerShell This is.NET Easy to extend with OOTB SharePoint API Use case: – Configure versioning settings for all lists SPFarm SPWebApplicationSPSiteSPWeb???

29. BEYOND ORIGINAL PROGRAMMING LIST VERSIONING DEMO

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